Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-03


IL thaEa wAa such sm insgifafion Is q
debnsanx snasesy In town ] would lsks %
bear wha2 is wonl6 Nay On the enh5ss8 Of
br1Qhs wonsn. Waaa IL q bright
womnnS Ara ehsrs many Of Der -
Boston, an6 h0w tonR 9ses her bright
ness faaGf Tkeme are the pe4nts which ]
snaey wunsd maks . garry IN real
ace6 denatina society, wheFe the tFuth,
shs whese srush. and n0ehina bat ahs
truth lives after 0na Ct tss lively mest-
fngA Woaan Oil slwAys Be "a insex
essfnR slndy, because wbea roo thfnk
yea have fally mastered her she gives 8
twist that Iooaans ell thoss little knots
roo have kisd IN TIE mental handkeR
ahief, and you ara ~ far fro@ knowi1G
why goa made them a. thoaRh yoo seFs
fass horn. WkenSvsR 4 hear the tFite
rsmaKks 20, that's last like wuDan +"
smile % my sIaeEa. In reality e - .
tribute 10 the feminine nature, the1Rh
Binesy times out Of hnndFed Just IKE
Q woman is intended ~ sheer. Prob-
abiy nse das , sses but y0a bear y
several timea. Bas do 700 hear II when
TIE WOMAN says OF does anytime paFsse-
alaFiy sweet, brilliant. OF esnes0usf NO.
then Il 10 mos s.imss Ike Q wamanns u u
what . "bEiRhs womam," GE maybe the
highest aomplimant man ever pays %
she eex-and even then he muaf Be IN .
particularly liberal frame Of mind
s'She's . good feIIow !" Sbadss Of
Rsohef0ucanid and falleyrand Nov,
Boston women are inte leosu8lly acute;
they are mostly bora With brains, or, u
thsy hsvcn't braina. they e4ee& them,
and play they have. They are vide
awake. keen OF perception. appfectatiTs
10 excess; they balisvs In edaca1icn and
mental Improvement; they are morally
unhappy aud DEPRESSED. owing 20 elm
attic causes, and they are narrow u their
views Of the world eutaide Of BJstou.
Bat their bFik htnesss where does that
come in2 The scfnsillations, tue nimbae
wit, tbs sense Of h0uoE which are in
eiuded tn this geniai qualify beiong 60
very few. Perhaps there are half score
Of really bRiahs women In Boston can
recall only twc or TIRES wh0se msts have
asy social currency, although if has
beon impossible 20 20 anywhere this
winter without meeting many agreeable,
interesting, cultivated w0men. This
small proportion seems strange 20 sd
miFera Of the RentlsR sex. We are drawn
and attracted to certain people. and We
st once invest them with those qualities
which please AZ, for sothine 10 more
natural than 70 zee the best IN thoae We
like. IL ID unconscious self hakterinG.
One Of the most brilliant BostoKisns. OF
rather, cosmopelitans, TO be accurate.
after living all over ths world, returned
here not long ago, and In course Of time
met numerous leading society women
whs have been accounted worth know
ing. He was not straek BY the mental
or physical charms of any ef them, and
the wittiest Of ell didn't cause him 20
turn hair. At last q quiet, unobtrasive
little person, whose husband carried
this citizen Of the world home to dinner
one day, became suddenly elevated TO
toe rank Of Athe brightest woman in
Boston" Her sayings were quste4 far
and wide; whenever any one else man.
aged 10 let fall pearl IL was snatched up
and fastened to her newly acquired
reputation for making dFoll, exsQReTat.
cd speeches. By and by this citizen Of
the weFld couldn't endure his native
land longer, and be few back TO more
ooBgenial Eureps, leaving the brightest
Woman 10 hRht out this battle of wis by
herself. The consequence was ebvious.
She ceased to say smart things. Her
inspiration had flown; the mind that
had acted on her like flint on steel dis
ported in ether circles, and drew sparks
from quick witted PaFisians instead. /
have always suFmised this temporary
cleveFness Of Mrs. Humdrum vas In re-
ality the witty reflections Of this thor
oughly witty fellow. He thought she
said the bright things while he vas the
perpetFator. At ell events, IL was one
Of the curious psychological stadiea
which nov and then creep in among and
eniivsn the commonplace issues Of the
dav.